The
document is a radio programme from the American radio WNPR (Washington national public radio). The title is "Save the planet". It is an interview of a British
journalist. Paul Brown is an environment correspondent.
He
has
been a journalist
for
40 years. He is
currently working for the British newspaper the
Guardian. He has
worked for the
Guardian since
1990. He
has also worked
for Green Peace
and has
travelled around
the world.
Catastrophies:
- deforestation: we have destroyed 8O % of the world's forests and every year, we burn 31 million hectares of tropical forest = the size of New Mexico
- Global Warming is created by the pollution from cars, factories and planes.
- Climate change provokes desertification, the multiplication of hurricanes and tornadoes.
- The polar ice cap is melting dramatically, so the sea level is rising :
Since
1979, the ice cap
has
reduced by more
than 20 %
If
it continues,
cities like New York or London will
disappear under
water
